Curtain-rod hood



A. E. GRADY.

CURTAIN ROD HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 15, 1920.

Patented J 11116 28, 1921'.

i5: INVENTOR- ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES ALMA. GRADY, OF GARDENA, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN -ROD HOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1921.

Application filed September 15, 1920. Serial No. 410,396.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (Mrs) ALMA E. .GRADY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gardena, in the county of Los'Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Rod Hoods, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

In hanging lace curtains considerable difficulty has been experienced inpassing the sma l brass rods through the fold of the curtain, owing tothe sharp edges of the sheet metal at the open ends of the rods beingunprotected. This difficulty has been more orless experienced when usingthe curtain rods consisting of two telescopic sections, as only onesection is passed through the fold of the curtain, after which it isunited to the other section.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a cap which may beermanently carried bythe ends of the rod: or may be used as a tool or aprotector 0r shield for one end of one of the sections of asectional'curtain rod, to facilitate the passage of the rod or sectionthrough the fold of the curtain, without the sharp edge of the sheetmetal of the rod catching in the lace of the curtain, which not onlyhlnders the passage of the rod or section, but very often damages thecurtain.

Hence, it is a further purpose of the invention to provide a hood orthimble of cylindrical contour, to telescope the end of the rod or theend of the section, and provide it with a rounded end, so s to permit ofthe passage of the curtain rod section through the fold, without tearingthe curtain or hindering the assage of the rod.

It has been found tliat by providing the hood (which ma be any suitablelength preferably an inc or more) with corrugations, the hood may beexpanded, thereby facilitating the attachment of the hood to the rod orto the section. For instance,

should the hood be made without the corrugations, and just large enoughto frictionally engage the end of the rod orsect1on,1t would be more orless difficult to register the hood with the end of the rod or section,so as to cause the insertion of the rod into the hood,

hence the provision of the corrugations.

Also by providing the corrugations, the hood can be made so as torequire an expansion of the hood, or a contraction of the end of the rodto cause the two to engage each other,

and in this way the surfaces of the corrugations extending inwardly ofthe hood, will frictionally bite on the rod and hold the hood in place.

While the design and construction at present illustrated and set forthis deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction ofthe invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, theinvention may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changesis claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what isclaimed.

The invention comprises further features, and combination of parts, aswill be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed In thedrawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a 1- tion of a curtainshowing a curtain ro being passed through the fold thereof, and showingthe end of the rod as provided with a hood, to insure the passage of therod through ,the fold without injury to the curtain, andwithoutretarding the passage of the rod.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the curtain rod showing the hoodapplied,

Fig. 3 is a cross'sectional view, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the hood.

Referring especially to the drawings, 1 designates a conventional formof tubular sheet metal curtain rod, and 2 denotes the unprotected end,and 3 the hood. This hood ma be any suitable length, preferably an incor more and also cylindrical. The hood at its closed end is rounded,soas to facili tate the easy passage of the rod through the fold of thecurtain without injury to the curtain. The cylindrical wall of the hoodis provlded with corrugations 4, which mer e into the rounded end 5 ofthe hood. It will be noted that these corrugations will permit of aslight expansion of the hood, in order to increase its size, and causethe easy fitting of the hood on to the end of a rod, and owing to therebeing a certain amount of resiliency, or a tendency to contract afterthe expanslon of the hood, the hood will be held frictionally on therod.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A protecting hood for curtain rods, comprising a cyllndricalhollow body havmg an open end and a closed end, and

adapted to telescope a curtain rod to shield the sharp edges of the openend of the curtain rod as it passes through the fold of the curtain, theclosed end being rounded to facilitate an easy passage of the hoodthrough the fold of the curtain and to prevent catching in the fabric ofthe curtain, the Wall of the cylindrical body having a plurality oflongitudinally extending corrugations, permitting of an expansion of thecylindrical wall, when applying the hood to end of the rod, saidlongitudinal corrugations merging into the rounded closed end of thehood.

mea re 2. As an article of manufacture, a curtain rod cap, comprising acylindrical body having a contlguous sheet metal wall, said cap havingone end closed and its other end open, said contiguous wall havingexpansible corrugations extending from the open end and terminatingclosely adjacent the closed end, permitting the cap to expand forfacilitating the insertlon of the rod into the open end of the cap.

lln testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature.

AL E. GRADY.

